Other revelations followed. Josh Powell had planned this murder/suicide days in advance. Pierce County CPS/court system also released huge stacks of CPS documents, psychologist reports, and details of Josh’s visitation with his boys. The 911 call by the visit supervisor that Sunday was released, including audio versions by the visit supervisor and also Alina Powell, Josh’s younger sister (who was living at Steve Powell’s house).

Dateline-NBC (look down the left side and click on “A Family’s Story, part 1”) and ABC’s 20/20 (episode called “Sins of the Father”) both covered the murders in a full episode the night of Friday, February 10. (Months later, at the end of May, so did the show E! Investigates on the E! Channel. Their show was called “E! Investigates: a Family Tragedy: the Powells.”)